The vision of the future from the past (retro-future) is usually a funny and interesting topic. That's why this list of video games from old science fiction films and television shows is so great. In the future we will achieve inter planetary space travel but our video games will be really lame (sadly it seems the opposite is unfolding.)

Science fiction is all about advancing into a shinier future - so why are people always playing such terrible video games in science fiction shows and movies? In the distant future, will we really be stuck playing bad 8-bit knockoffs, or trying to get a Frisbee into a tentacle mouth over and over? Here's are the 10 most embarrassing games people play in science fiction.